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Homes England strikes deal for 3,000 new homes in the Midlands

Homes England has agreed a deal to help build 3,000 new homes in Nottinghamshire over the next decade. 

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The government body has bought 205 acres on a site known as Fairham Pastures in Rushcliffe, using the government’s £1.3bn Land Assembly Fund.

Outline planning permission for the development was first granted 15 months ago.

Homes England said it will work with landowners CWC Group and Rushcliffe Borough Council on the project, which will also deliver 100,000 square metres of commercial space.

Last month, it emerged that Rushcliffe Borough Council was one of several local authorities to miss out after being promised money through the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund.


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The council has a wider target of building 13,500 new homes in Rushcliffe by 2028.

Homes England said today it will “accelerate the delivery” of the Rushcliffe scheme by giving infrastructure loan funding to CWC.

It is not known at this stage what tenure the homes will be or whether offsite manufacturing will be used. However, Homes England is encouraging developers and local authorities to look at modern methods of construction.

Stephen Kinsella, executive director for land at Homes England, said the body had worked closely with the council to ensure the site is “unlocked to deliver new homes in an area of high affordability”.

He added: “Our acquisition of this land is an example of how Homes England can provide more certainty for the delivery of infrastructure and will accelerate overall development.”

Robert Hepwood, land and planning director at CWC, said: “With this new investment from Homes England we can move forward more quickly with infrastructure and preparatory work across the site, readying Fairham for its first homes and commercial buildings in 2020.”

The government has an overall target to be building 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s.

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